Chemiclean didn’t work on Cyano

[JAMSOURY]

Anyone ever have the same problem? Treating Cyano, but it didn’t get rid of it using the chemiclean. Pic to double check and confirm that it is Cyano

 

[Adrian Em]

Looks similar to what I had in my tank and Chemiclean got rid of it instantly. It was almost like magic. Did you dose the correct amount for your tank volume?

 

[JAMSOURY]

Looks similar to what I had in my tank and Chemiclean got rid of it instantly. It was almost like magic. Did you dose the correct amount for your tank volume?

Yea did the one scoop per ten gallons. UV/Carbon reactor off as well

 

[matt_work27]

Did it die and come back or not die at all? It might be feeding off the detrius that are still on your rocks if it did intially die off

 

[Reefer Matt]

Yea did the one scoop per ten gallons. UV/Carbon reactor off as well

How long did you leave it in for?

 

[JAMSOURY]

Did it die and come back or not die at all? It might be feeding off the detrius that are still on your rocks if it did intially die off

It didn’t die at all. I’ll even blow it off the rocks and it comes back. Nitrates 12 and Phosphates 0.10

 

[JAMSOURY]

How long did you leave it in for?

It’s been 72 hours and I still have the UV and Carbon reactor off.

 

[MischiefReef]

Yes that’s Cyano, sometimes takes more than one treatment if the cyano is thick and matted. I’d suggest 20% water change and then repeat dose

 

[JAMSOURY]

Yes that’s Cyano, sometimes takes more than one treatment if the cyano is thick and matted. I’d suggest 20% water change and then repeat dose

Sounds good. I’ll try some manual removal and try again

 

[MischiefReef]

Sounds good. I’ll try some manual removal and try again

Also, you may have thought of this already but I thought I’d mention, include your sump water volume in the calculations for the total volume to be dosed. For some systems this doesn’t make much difference, but for other ones this can alter the dose. Also just so you know, I’ve overdosed chemiclean into my display before at 2x the recommended dose. Didn’t cause any ill effects, on a mixed reef tank with softies, LPS, SPS and NPS. I would suggest to redose nitrifying bacteria when overdosing though.

 

[taricha]

If you look closely, theres some color variation on the pictured cyano patches. Some are more red while other parts on the left are more brown.
The redder ones are more cyano dominated, the browner ones are probably more of a mix with dino/diatoms etc.